WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has selected a unknown number of systems to be part of Replicator’s second tranche, but will be keeping details quiet for the foreseeable future, according to the Defense Innovation Unit. Doug Beck, director of the DIU, said over 500 companies have expressed interest in...

Some Replicator tranche 2 systems have already been selected, DIU head says

Huntsville, AL

SMD 2024 — The US Army is launching a new competition to design a supersonic interceptor to take down cruise missiles, and at least two notable defense firms, Boeing and Anduril, tell Breaking Defense they are planning on offering options to the service. “We’re going to compete that program...

Industry lining up to produce new supersonic cruise missile interceptor under Army IFPC program

German aerospace firm Lilium has selected Thales to supply critical components for its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) jet program. Under the deal, the French multinational will deliver navigation and communication antennas for the ground-breaking platform. These commercial off-the-shelf components will reportedly help ensure the efficiency and sustainability of...

Thales to Provide Critical Components for German eVTOL Jet

"US Defense Information Systems Agency Logo", by the U.S. Government, Wikimedia, Licensed under Public domain. The Defense Information Systems Agency is currently working on the prototype version of a private cloud offering called Stratus, Defense One reported Wednesday. The service is expected to deliver the same capabilities — large databases,...

DISA Developing Prototype Private Cloud Capability Dubbed ‘Stratus’

Polk County, FL

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Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

The Motley Fool

Microsoft is currently the largest holding in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust portfolio.

Billionaire Bill Gates Has 33% of His $46 Billion Foundation Invested In This Once-In-A-Generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Business Insider

Mark Zuckerberg on Monday predicted a future where hundreds of millions of people regularly wear AI-powered smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans.

Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where nearly everyone is wearing AI-powered smart glasses

In this TechTalk, sponsored by BluePrint Automation, Hunter Schultheis, north central regional sales manager, discusses the benefits and versatility of the Gantry 300 Swing machine for building three- and four-sided case pallet displays for club stores with Joanie Spencer, editor-in-chief of Commercial Baking.

Automated Case Packing for Pallet Displays | TechTalk with BluePrint Automation

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

North Carolina State

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A recent social media update from Cherokee, the site of North Carolina's first and only cannabis dispensary, announced that adult-use recreational marijuana is coming soon. The Aug. 1 post is a landmark occasion. The Great Smoky Cannabis Co., run by Qualla Enterprises backed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee, will become the first N.C. recreational marijuana dispensary to fully open to adults over the age of 21.

Will recreational marijuana be legal in NC? What to know after Cherokee approved sales

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

A U.K.-based organization supporting parents who are not giving their children smartphones was founded in February and has expanded internationally to the U.S., Canada, and more. The popularity of the movement is driven by research showing the link between mental health issues in children and smartphone and social media use.

A growing number of parents are refusing to give their children smartphones — and the movement is going global

Sam Westreich, PhD

It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

Bill Gross made his name in the tech world in the 1990s, when he came up with a novel way for search engines to make money on advertising. Under his pricing scheme, advertisers would pay when people clicked on their ads. Now, the “pay-per-click” guy has founded a startup called ProRata, which has an audacious, possibly pie-in-the-sky business model: “AI pay-per-use.”

One startup’s plan to fix AI’s “shoplifting” problem

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Appling County, GA

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A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

WASHINGTON — Defense startup Anduril Industries today announced plans to open a new factory dubbed “Arsenal” that a senior company official said will boost the firm’s autonomous weapons output dramatically, with a focus on systems that can be rapidly manufactured at scale. Chief Strategy Officer Chris...

Anduril unveils new ‘Arsenal’ factory in bid to scale up weapons production

Norelem, a global manufacturer and supplier of standard components for mechanical engineering and industrial applications, is set to open a new facility in the USA. This expansion represents a significant step in norelem’s international growth strategy and its commitment to better serving its customers in the USA. norelem CEO...

European Manufacturer and Supplier norelem to Open a Facility in the USA

Oregon State

ESS has become the first energy storage manufacturer to be supported by the Make More in America Initiative of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) with the recent approval of a $50 million financing package. The company will use the proceeds from the deal to expand production of the company’s proprietary iron flow battery (IFB) modules.

ESS celebrates $50 million manufacturing expansion at Oregon HQ

(Reuters) -Switzerland's Sonova on Tuesday introduced a hearing aid that utilises real-time artificial intelligence to improve speech clarity from background noise, the first such product in the global market, sending its shares 5% higher. Along with the hearing aid, named Sphere Infinio, Sonova is launching a new Infinio platform. "The...

Sonova Launches Hearing Aid With Real-Time AI, First in Market

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Hypori secures $4.1M contract for Department of the Air Force’s virtual mobile software

WASHINGTON — Fresh off helping the Army through a new security-driven remote work mandate, today Hypori, a virtual access provider, announced it has been awarded a...

Hypori secures $4.1M contract for Department of the Air Force’s virtual mobile software

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